A major Norwegian oil field is taking the industry’s use of drones for safety inspections to a new level, with a permanently installed aircraft that’s operated remotely from the shore.
From a control room in Norway’s oil capital of Stavanger, pilots are performing drone inspections of the Edvard Grieg platform some 180 kilometers out at sea. The technology is a step toward fully autonomous inspections, requiring fewer workers to be sent offshore, according to its operator Aker Solutions ASA.
Specialist drilling waste management company, TWMA*, has published its first quarter results for 2025, including revenue of $16.4million and EBITDA of $4.1m. The results follow a period of progress on key Group strategic initiatives, positioning TWMA for future expansion.
EOG Resources today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Encino Acquisition Partners (EAP) for $5.6 billion. The deal positions EOG as a leading Utica E&P company, adding 675,000 net acres for a combined 1,100,000 acres, and representing more than two billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) of undeveloped resource.
TotalEnergies SE has signed a deal to sell its 12.5 percent stake in Nigeria’s OML118 production sharing contract, which contains the producing Bonga field, to Shell PLC for $510 million.
The French company, through subsidiary TotalEnergies EP Nigeria Ltd., derived 11,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day (boed) from its share of production in the block, mainly oil, in 2024.
The Deep Value Driller (DVD) drillship, for which Saipem inked a bareboat charter agreement with Deep Value Driller, is in charge of the drilling operations that will be conducted around 60 nautical miles off Ghana’s coast, near the FPSO John Agyekum Kufour, as part of the broader Sankofa field’s development plan.
The eight OPEC+ nations that contributed to voluntary production cuts are set to meet on Friday to discuss production strategy for July. Commodity strategists at Standard Chartered have predicted that we are likely to see more of the same, with the group adding another 411 thousand barrels per day to July targets and cumulative unwinding now clocking in at 1.4 mb/d.
Crude oil prices are set for another weekly decline following news that OPEC+ was planning to boost production by another 411,000 barrels daily in July. Meanwhile, a court ruling that blocked Trump’s tariffs has been paused after the White House appealed the decision.
Energy Transfer has signed a 20-year deal with Japan’s Kyushu Electric Power Company to supply up to 1 million tpy of LNG from its Lake Charles LNG facility, the company said Thursday.
The joint venture deal comprises two rigs in Kuwait and six in Oman, all currently under contract with the Kuwaiti and Omani NOCs. ANDOC Drilling will pay USD 91 million for the 70% stake, plus an additional potential payment of USD 21 million based on rig performance, Reuters reported.
OKEA ASA and its partners in production license 055 have made a discovery that is estimated to hold 300,000 to 2.8 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent along the eastern flank of the already producing Brage field on Norway’s side of the North Sea.